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IRAQ. SADDAM ADMITS ORDERING EXECUTIONS

March 1, 2006: Saddam Hussein admitted in court that he gave orders that led to the execution of Shi'ite Muslims in the 1980s, but justified the punishment as his right as Iraq's president. In hours of proceedings, prosecutors read out documents, showed satellite images and played audio tapes in an attempt to link Saddam to the execution of 148 Shi'ites from Dujail after an attempt on his life in the village in July 1982.
"I referred them to the revolutionary court according to the law. Awad was implementing the law, he had a right to convict and acquit," Saddam said, referring to his co-accused Awad al-Bandar, the former chief of the Revolutionary Court.
"I razed them ... we specified the farmland of those who were convicted and I signed," said Saddam, who faces hanging if convicted.
"It's the right of the state to confiscate or to compensate. So where is the crime?"
Describing how gunmen fired machine guns as his motorcade drove through the town during a visit, Saddam said: "I saw the bullets with my own eyes."
Defence counsel had argued that Saddam, a Sunni who justified his harsh rule by the need for national unity, was Iraq's president at the time and that he acted within the law. "What we saw today was not Saddam admitting guilt, but admitting to the fact that he acted in accordance with his official duties and powers," said Nehal Bhuta, a legal expert from Human Rights Watch who had been monitoring the case. (Sources: Reuters, 01/03/2006)

BELARUS. KGB CHIEF THREATENS DEATH SENTENCE FOR POLL PROTESTERS
JAPAN. 30% OF POLLED DEATH ROW INMATES HAVE NO ONE TO VISIT THEM
IRAN. POLITICAL PRISONER AT RISK OF EXECUTION
TEXAS, USA. HUGHES PUT TO DEATH IN FIFTH 2006 TEXAS EXECUTION
HANDS OFF CAIN RESPONDS TO THE IRANIAN EMBASSY’S DENIAL OF THE EXECUTION OF MINORS IN IRAN
ALGERIA. PROPOSALS UNDERWAY FOR THE ABOLISHMENT OF THE DEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SIX MEMBERS OF DRUG RING SENTENCED TO DEATH IN GUIZHOU PROVINCE
JORDAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WIFE AND BABY
IRAQ. EX-SADDAM JUDGE: DEATH SENTENCES LEGAL
SOUTH KOREA. CATHOLIC CHURCH PETITION AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. TWO ISLAMIC MILITANTS EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF U.S. DIPLOMAT
IRAQ. 13 INSURGENTS HANGED
RUSSIA. ‘VOICE OF BESLAN’ AGAINST BRINGING BACK DEATH PENALTY
USA. PATRIOT ACT LIKELY TO CURTAIL DEATH PENALTY APPEALS
YEMEN. EDITOR 'FACES DEATH CALLS'
THE BAHAMAS. MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY BANNED
CALIFORNIA, USA. STATE’S TOP COURT OVERTURNS DEATH PENALTY FOR STURM
USA. THREE MEN FACING FEDERAL EXECUTION RECEIVE STAYS
IRAN. YOUNG MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
UNITED STATES. DEATH PENALTY CALL FOR MAN WHO 'COULD HAVE STOPPED 9/11'
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
PAKISTAN. COURT SENTENCES MILITANT CHIEF, DEPUTY TO DEATH
IRAN. MAN HANGED PUBLICLY FOR MURDER
MYANMAR. 24 SHAN FIGHTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
IRAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE
CHINA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF FAMILY
NETHERLANDS. MINISTER WANTS TO SEND GAY IRANIAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS BACK
INDONESIA. NAVY COLONEL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DOUBLE SLAYING
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED PUBLICLY
IRAN. THREE ARAB ACTIVISTS EXECUTED

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